catch

(pa. t. caught or catched: pa. p. caught) vt.
1.seize抓住，夺取。
△Mac.1.5.18(17):“It is too fullo’the milk of human kindness/To catch the nearestway.”它太富于普通人性的弱点，使你不敢抄取捷径。
△3H.VI.3.2.179: “Torment myself to catch theEnglish crown，”为了夺取英国王冠，我折腾着自己。
2. seize,snatch夺取，抢去。
△Rom.4.5.48:“And cru-el Death hath catched it from my sight!”现在却被残忍的死神从我眼前抢走了！
3. captivate,charm,attract迷惑，迷住，吸引。
△H.VIII.2.3.76:“Beauty and honour in her are so mingled/That they have caught the King；”她真是美貌和纯洁一身兼备，难怪把国王吸引住了。
4. take (a disease) by infection,infect传染上（疾病），传染。
△Mid.1.1.187:“Yours would I catch,fair Her-mia，”美丽的赫米娅，我愿“传染上”你的容颜。
△2H.IV.5.1.83 (75):“It is certain that either wise bearing or igno-rant carriage is caught,as men take diseases,one ofanother.”这是一定的，无论聪明的行为还是愚蠢的举动，就像人们互相感染疾病一样，总会彼此传染的。
～ vi.
1. seize,grip,make a sudden snatch 紧抓，猛抓。
△Ado.5.2.11: “Thy wit is as quick as thegreyhound’s mouth,it catches.”你的口才就像猎狗的嘴一般麻利，一下子就咬住了。
2.❶seize,capture抓住，捕获。
❷attract有吸引力。
△Tw.2.3.67(62):“and some dogs will catch well.”有些狗很会抓东西(双关：吸引人——唱歌)。
～ vb.
catch of: ❶be infected by,become infected with被…传染，受…传染。
❷obtain from,snatch from从…得到，从…夺得。
△2H.IV.2.4.48 (45): “We catch of you,Doll,we catch of you.”我们是受你传染的，桃儿，我们是受你传染的。
△2H.IV.2.4. 51 (47):“Yea,joy,our chainsand our jewels.” i.e. You snatch our chains and our jewels from us.是呀，宝贝儿，你把我的链子和首饰都抢去了。